Hi everyone, some good news about PowerArchiver… I’ve managed to get in touch with the original developer of PowerArchiver, Ivan Petrovic, and he has confirmed that the product is not dead or abandoned, in fact it is still very much alive! There has been a hiatus over the past months for various reasons, but that we should expect to see stuff coming through in the coming months (hopefully the next 2 months).
I had a large .tar file (a backed up WSL) and I want to delete a few directories and their contents from it using PA2023.
PA just destroys the whole archive as soon as I try to delete a directory, leaving it in a state where PA2023 won’t even open it any more.
I tried several times and also tried compressing it to .tar.xz instead - same result.
This should either actually work, or it should say operation not supported and do nothing.
Hello!
The regular version of PA 2023 is out for over 6 months now, but there is still no sign of the portable release.
(When) will there be one?
Thanks!
Hello!
Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
(When) do you plan to release one?
Thanks!
Win 11 64 bit
I have some archives which have been encrypted, using the encrypt option either in pbs or when interactively creating a zip. When I open these, and look at files, I am asked for passwords, which I know, and then can view items or decrypt the files in the archive (tools>decrypt files).
However, when I use the Actions>Remove Archive Encryption (whether using the same zip or asking to write another), the routine shows progress bar to the end, but then just hangs i.e. “OK” never activates. All process information shows this stalled/hanging.
What can I do to sort this out?
For example:
Download this ZIP file: http://dslstats.me.uk/files/dslstats32W-6.5.zip
Everything in the ZIP file is in a directory “dslstats32W-6.5”.
However when I extract using right click “Extract Here” the name of the directory created is “2W-6.5” !
I am running PA 22.00.09 on Windows 11. I have seen the same happen with some other kinds of archive too.
If I compress a folder to a .pa using right click, Compress to folder.pa and use the new Windows 11 menu then the Options, Configuration, Miscellaneous, Use normal relative path setting is always enabled.
But I like this option disabled so I have to use the old style menu in order to get PA to compress a folder in the way I wish.
Just tried using the Modern (Windows 10) Icon set and seeing a few missing icons in both PowerArchiver Burner and PowerArchiver Encryption screens . They are all there in the Minimalistik icon set and the only difference I can see is the former is blue and the latter grey. In version 22.00.9
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PA 22.00.09
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PA 22.00.09 shows a nag screen, when I try to open some setting windows. I have already PA 2023 Toolbox and PA shows, that it’s licensed in the info dialog.
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PA 22.00.09
Some labels in the help toolbar are not translated:
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I’m looking forward to deploying PowerArchiver 2023 to my users. Can you tell us when the MSI will be available for download and distribution?
Thanks.
Hi there,
there were some security issues fixed in 7zip:
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1165/
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1164/
As it seems, that PowerArchiver and PACL use the 7zip libraries, could you please update them to the latest version?
Hi,
From where I get PAVD2023.EXE? PowerArchiver 2023 tries to open it.
But it seems, it tries to download PAVD2021.EXE.
Thanks
I noticed that the version of ZPAQ used is older than the latest released 7.15 https://mattmahoney.net/dc/zpaq.html also there seems to be a newer fork that adds several features https://github.com/fcorbelli/zpaqfranz
It would be useful to implement this latest version (it also maintains the same syntax and behavior as the latest official release if used the -715 flag) and add when opening a zpaq file a choice of the version of the files to show (e.g. as dummy folders represented the various versions present). Since any previous changes are stored with this format, it is possible to extract a snapshot of a certain date/version.
Windows Explorer
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Hi
It seems Powerarchiver causes a bit delay when Opening Windows Explorer, especially after reboot. did any body notice this delay?
Regards
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Hello,
Thanks for writing. Can you elaborate more on how it’s due to PowerArchiver?
Please let us know any details, we’ll take a look.Thanks!
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Hello,
Thanks for writing. Can you elaborate more on how it’s due to PowerArchiver?
Please let us know any details, we’ll take a look.Thanks!
Hi
Thank you for your Reply
It just start happening after installing Powerarchiver, previously Opening windows explorer almost takes no time but after installing PowerArchiver it takes time (almost 300 ms) to open Windows Explorer.
My OS is Windows 10 x64
Regards
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does it happen every time you open shell, or just the first time?
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does it happen every time you open shell, or just the first time?
Thank You For Your Reply
First time delay is more but every time I open the shell, it opens with a delay more than before installing Powerarchiver.
Regards
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Thank You For Your Reply
First time delay is more but every time I open the shell, it opens with a delay more than before installing Powerarchiver.
Regards
so when you right click on the file, right? Or opening actual Windows Explorer window?
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so when you right click on the file, right? Or opening actual Windows Explorer window?
No, actual Windows Explorer Window
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No, actual Windows Explorer Window
hm, this should not happen - shell extensions that we use only get activated when you right click on the file and even then it gets cached after first run and is instant even on my core-m.
Can you try disabling options in Config> Shell extensions like Hints, Explorer Preview and Preview shell extension, try then?
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hm, this should not happen - shell extensions that we use only get activated when you right click on the file and even then it gets cached after first run and is instant even on my core-m.
Can you try disabling options in Config> Shell extensions like Hints, Explorer Preview and Preview shell extension, try then?
It seems I’ve made a mistake
I disabled Shell Extension completely but nothing change, so it’s not PowerArchiver’s FaultThank You all
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Hello
After clean installing windows and exactly after installing PowerArchiver, Windows Explorer opens with a delay, it seems unchecking “Use Explorer Extensions” will not unload Explorer Extension.
Regards
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Hello
After clean installing windows and exactly after installing PowerArchiver, Windows Explorer opens with a delay, it seems unchecking “Use Explorer Extensions” will not unload Explorer Extension.
Regards
Hi deadlyshadow.
Check out shellexview:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview_setup.exe
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.htmlIt lets you disable specific shell extensions.
You can try seeing which one exactly is creating this issue for you and maybe if it is due to presence of some other shell extensions as well. You can easily sort by name and then go to PowerArchiver ones.
After disabling any of the options, you need to restart explorer.exe from taskmanager (right click> Restart).
thank you!
